held up in touch, effort to chase leader 1f out, ridden and stayed on to lead final strides
dwelt in touch in rear, effort and every chance 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leader until over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, led 2f out, soon ridden, headed final strides
led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
Transvestite is bound to have his supporters back over a more suitable trip having not seemingly stayed the two miles at Wolverhampton last time and he is not badly treated off the same mark as when successful at that venue in January last year but it is hard to get away from the progressive and in-form SEDGWICK, who can win again and he gets the vote with Little Sark rated the best of the rest. The selection has won his last four starts for Ian Williams in either sellers or claimers at different venues on the artificial surfaces and he can continue winning ways back on turf. Julia Feilden's Persian Tomcat needs to improve dramatically on all known form to trouble the judge and of more interest may be Jeff Pearce's Motarjm, who made an encouraging return to turf when a close fourth behind Khun John at Yarmouth on soft ground earlier this month. The David Evans-trained Little Sark ran much better when narrowly beaten at Kempton last month and he would have every chance if able to show a similar level of form back on turf but preference is for Sedgwick, who can win again.
Little Sark (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Held up towards rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd last stride, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Carlton Scroop (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
Motarjm (USA) 16-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on well, never nearer, 4th of 11, 2l behind Khun John (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp 0-65 (6) sft.
Transvestite (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Rider still taking blindflod off as stalls opened, soon recovered, mid-division, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off, last of 8, 37l behind Benedict Spirit (9-5) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Mar.
Sedgwick 5-2 (8-13) Tracked leader, led 2f out, stayed on well, won at Kempton 1m 2f clm stks (6) pol beating Cactus King (8-4) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Persian Tomcat (IRE) 25-1 (9-11) Raced wide in mid-division, headway over 3f out, hard ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, 6th of 12, 6l behind Flighty Fellow (10-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f am hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Feb.
